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Happy fiftieth anniversary to the American Pencil Collectors Society. The APCS grew out of their newsletter, The Pencil Collector, which dates from 1955. Their interest in pencils focuses on collecting and trading unsharpened advertising pencils. Tradition requires that members print pencils with their name, address, and membership number as a “calling pencil”. (My term.) Though [...] And Then There Were Three??, a new post at Timberlines, a blog by pencil industry leader WoodChuck, reveals that the last large American based pencil manufacturer – Sanford – will be closing their US manufacturing facilities in 2009, moving production to Mexico. The closures were announced in early November. Two newspaper reports: Sanford closing; 355 [...] In 2006, Dave’s Mechanical Pencils had a great review of some interesting puzzle pencils from Retro 51 – mechanical pencils decorated with puzzle images. Here are two more. I’ll mention that they are sold at much lower price points than Retro 51′s offerings. The Xonex Crossword pencil and Autopoint Sudoku pencil both convey fun and [...] Okay, that’s not the real name. But this pencil sharpener did communicate an enthusiastic futuristic sensibility to me. Or at minimum, a recollection of the brilliant and sublime villain in Stanley Kubrick’s classic 2001, A Space Odyssey. This reflective red orb is quite interesting by itself – even before knowing what it is. Being able [...] This is pencil No. 40 from the Timberlines collection. (See In 1915, Tokuji Hayakawa invented the “Ever-Sharp” or “supply-type” mechanical pencil. Along with a belt buckle and water faucet, it was part of a stream of inventions that launched what would become the Sharp Electronics company. The pencil was not well received at first – Sharp’s website mentions that the pencil was said to feel [...] |
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